WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Defending champion Serena Williams overcame Maria Sharapova 7-6 (9), 6-4 on Monday to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals and avenge her loss to the Russian in the 2004 final. In another marquee women’s matchup, Kim Clijsters rallied to beat Justine Henin 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in an all-Belgian duel between

Watching Dominic Thiem win the Barcelona Open over this past weekend, what struck me above all else was his match-playing maturity and his unmistakable comfort out on the red clay. The earnest Austrian pulled off a rare feat in the semifinals, toppling Rafael Nadal without losing his serve across two

Great responses to the last (but one) posts by Steggy and me. I was just telling her the other day that I'm always a little torn writing myself or my family into the posts; a part of me asks, Does anyone really care, at all, about this personal stuff. .

102012387 By Pete Bodo* Mornin'. Just a few housekeeping notes before we go on to the business at hand on the day Wimbledon made its draw (and don't you love this photo of The Mighty Fed?). First, I'm pleased to say that one of our oldest hands at TennisWorld, Rosangel

53197325 by Pete Bodo Nick Bollettieri has confirmed that he was bypassed for induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, that odd institution situated in the once-formidable bastion of the America's elites, Newport, R.I. The town was a playground for the rich and well-born of the Gilded age, those

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Baseball cap turned backward, pumping himself up with cries of ''C'MON!'' Lleyton Hewitt fought one last feisty encounter. Then he gathered his three young kids on center court and said farewell. After a career spent trying to win the Australian Open, the 34-year-old Hewitt had said that

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — With another Australian Open semifinal spot secured after a four-hour, five-set victory, Rafael Nadal looked toward his support team in Rod Laver Arena and nodded his head. It was like he was just confirming the plan: Five wins down, two to go in his bid for

After a rain-shortened opening day, it was all hands on deck at Melbourne Park on Tuesday. Play began at 10: 30 in the morning, and is still going as I write this 16 hours later. For all of the matches on the schedule, though, there weren’t a lot of newsworthy

There were moments over the last five or six days that felt as head-spinning and overloaded as the middle weekend of a Grand Slam. You could fly, through the magic of multiple live streams, from continent to continent, and see matches played from morning to night. One minute Serena Williams

We’ve heard a lot about women serving lately. The central question is simple: Why can’t they do it? Thus far the answer has been equally simple: No one really knows. In recent years, though, a story that’s almost as mysterious, but which is mentioned much less often, has been running

Chances are I’ve written this before, but it’s been quite a mid-season break, hasn’t it? I’m usually sympathetic to player complaints about the length of the schedule and the burden of the travel—I'll take a subway ride to Chinatown rather than an around-the-world flight to Shanghai any day. But this

• Picby Pete Bodo* In tennis, any number of great ideas have gone by the wayside. But one that has survived and is standing the test of time awfully well is the "Masters" concept. It has not only served the interests of that elite grade of nine sub-major tournaments, but

The early bird always gets the worm, or so the saying goes. But what’s a girl to do arriving an hour before the gates open on Day Three of The Legg Mason Tennis Classic? And that's two hours before any matches begin? Walk… walk, look and listen, because the sights

BRISBANE, Australia -- His voice cracking, an emotional Andy Murray used his victory speech to offer encouragement to an absent friend. Murray kicked off 2013 with a successful defense of his Brisbane International title, holding off Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (0), 6-4 on Sunday. "I'd like to dedicate this victory

PARIS(AP) Caroline Wozniacki beat the heat and an overmatched opponent Monday in the first round at the French Open. With temperatures headed into the mid-80s on a second successive cloudless day in Paris, the No. 3-seeded Wozniacki had a morning match on center court and needed barely an hour to

INTERVIEW: Daria Kasatkina after her straight-sets victory over Coco Gauff

Where to begin with the Monte Carlo semifinal between Holger Rune and Jannik Sinner—the shoddy weather, the momentum changes, the points themselves, the yin and yang of their personalities? All the factors resulted in a "mental" semifinal showdown, one Rune battled to clinch, 1-6, 7-5, 7-5, for his second Masters

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Novak Djokovic has had a rough couple of weeks on the court. The top-seeded Djokovic was upset by Roberto Bautista Agut 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the fourth round of the Miami Open Tuesday. He also made an early exit from Indian Wells earlier in the

MATCH POINT: Fritz finishes off Steve Johnson in five sets to reach the third round.

WATCH: Novak Djokovic's quest for the calendar-year Grand Slam